Michael Rezendes
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Sex-abuse video victimizes child long after abuser is gone
A video of a man raping his nine-year-old daughter triggered a global search for the little girl in 2016 → Read More
Sex-abuse video victimizes child long after abuser is gone
A video of a man raping his 9-year-old daughter triggered a global search for the little girl in 2016 → Read More
Lawsuit: Utah firm and lawmaker helped Mormons hide abuse
Three children who were sexually abused by their father are accusing a Utah state legislator and a prominent Salt Lake City law firm of conspiring with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to cover up the abuse, allowing it to go on for years. In a court filing in Cochise County, Arizona, made […] → Read More
Lawsuit: Utah firm and lawmaker helped Mormons hide abuse
Three children who were sexually abused by their father are accusing a Utah state legislator and a prominent Salt Lake City law firm of conspiring with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to cover up the abuse, allowing it to go on for years. In a court filing in Cochise County, Arizona, made […] → Read More
Lawsuit: Utah firm and lawmaker helped Mormons hide abuse
Three children who were sexually abused by their father are accusing a Utah state legislator and a prominent Salt Lake City law firm of conspiring with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to cover up their abuse and allowing it to go on for years → Read More
Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting
It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest warned parishioners who had gathered after Mass that their right to private confessions was in jeopardy. A new law would break that sacred bond, the priest said, and directed the parishioners to sign a one-page form letter […] → Read More
Docs: Utah lawmaker told Mormon bishop not to report abuse
Docs: Utah lawmaker told Mormon bishop not to report abuse → Read More
Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen
Lawyers for the church, widely known as the Mormon church, who staff the help line around the clock told Bishop John Herrod not to call police or child welfare officials. → Read More
Civilian Army leader led child porn ring, risked US security
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — David Frodsham was a top civilian commander at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan when he “jokingly” asked an IT technician for... → Read More
Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid through Paycheck Protection Program
As the pandemic began to unfold, scores of Catholic dioceses across the U.S. received aid through the Paycheck Protection Program. → Read More
Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid
Catholic dioceses in the US had more than $10 billion in cash and other readily available funds when they received at least $1.5 billion from the federal government. → Read More
Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid
Scores of Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. had more than $10 billion in cash and other readily available funds when they received at least $1.5 billion from the nation’s → Read More
Red Sox dogged by claims of racism, sexual abuse
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, known for his work with Catholic clergy sex abuse victims, has taken up the cause of more than a dozen Black men who say they were sexually abused by a former Red Sox clubhouse manager, who died in 2005. → Read More
Saints emails, lawsuits could be buried in church bankruptcy
A bankruptcy filing by New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese freezes sexual abuse lawsuits and could help bury the details of alleged coverups of predator priests and thousands of internal emails documenting a behind-the-scenes alliance with the New Orleans Saints. → Read More
After learning of Whitey Bulger LSD tests, juror has regrets
EASTHAM, Mass. - One of the jurors who convicted notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger says she regrets her decision after learning that he was an unwitting participant in a covert CIA experiment with LSD. → Read More
Whitey Bulger juror says she regrets murder conviction
In 2013, Janet Uhlar was one of 12 jurors who found Bulger guilty. She now says she regrets voting to convict him on any of the murder charges. → Read More
Whitey Bulger juror says she regrets murder conviction
EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — The notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger terrorized Boston from the 1970s into the 1990s with a campaign of murder, extortion, and drug trafficking, then spent 16 years on the lam after he was tipped to his pending arrest. → Read More
Whitey Bulger juror says she regrets murder conviction
Janet Uhlar said her regret stems from a cache of more than 70 letters Bulger wrote to her from prison, some of which describe his unwitting participation in a secret CIA experiment with LSD. → Read More
Governor fires 34 prison guard trainees who gave Nazi salute
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s governor has fired 34 correction officer trainees who were photographed giving a Nazi salute, and he fired their instructor. He also says four instructors are being suspended without pay. Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced his decision Monday after receiving a report from state investigators that the trainees regularly […] → Read More
Lawsuit: Famed Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around world
CHICAGO (AP) — One day in May of 1970, an 11-year-old boy and his disabled sister were sitting on the curb outside a Chicago tavern, waiting for their mother to come out. When a priest with crinkly eyes and a ready smile happened by and offered the family a ride home, they could not have […] → Read More